FIRST LOOK California Avenue

Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter, Erin Doherty and Tom Burke lead Hugo Blick's latest drama.

BBC One has released a first look at Hugo Blick's new drama, California Avenue, which stars Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter, Erin Doherty and Tom Burke, who are joined by Kate Robbins, Paul Kaye and newcomer Cammie Liebreich.

Set in the 1970s in a secluded canal-side caravan park deep in the luscious English countryside, its peace is irrevocably disrupted by the arrival of Lela, played by Erin Doherty, and her 11-year-old child, Bee, played by Cammie Liebreich, both on the run, looking for refuge in this hidden world.

It is here that a fractured family will come together, ghosts of the past will firmly be put to rest, and an unexpected love is forged.

Bill Nighy and Helena Bonham Carter star as Jerry and Eddie, Lela’s parents, ballroom champions of the 1930s who became wartime runaways and are still hiding, three decades on, while Tom Burke co-stars as fairground outcast, Cooper, whose turbulent past will explode into California Avenue.

Kate Robbins plays Priscilla, the formidable force running the caravan site alongside her husband, site manager and jack-of-all-trades, Kevin, played by Paul Kaye.

Made by Drama Republic, a Mediawan company, and Eight Rooks, California Avenue is created, written, and directed by Hugo Blick, produced by Colin Wratten and executive produced by Hugo Blick for Eight Rooks, Greg Brenman for Drama Republic, Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter, and Lucy Richer for the BBC.

California Avenue will air soon on BBC One